Being sick

I eventually will get to how I handle the illness that come with the children, but I haven't been feeling well so I thought I'd talk about how to deal with the Little ones when you are the one that is sick. There are a few things that I tend to do, the first is I will sleep when he sleeps. I forget about the dishes and laundry and rest as much as possible, this is hard when that is usually the only time for those projects but on or 2 days won't be the end of the world. The other thing that happens in our house is I let our son sleep with me in the mornings, because he tends to sleep longer if he snuggled in the big bed next to me. The last you have to be willing to do is ask for help. In my case I'm home all day with no back up so I will go to my parents house, my mom will watch him so I can take a nap. When my husband gets home from work I will kinda switch off the mommy switch and let him deal with our son for a while. It is impossible to just rest for 2 days but every little bit helps, and if you use a daycare I certainly would not hesitate about taking the kids even if you are home sick. In any case try not to be to grumpy and remember that kids don't know we are sick so deep breaths and play just a little less hard than you would otherwise.